From: Gene McAloon 

On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 12:19:54 -0700, Alan Cairns  wrote:

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>On 7/1/04 7:05 AM, in article 40e418cb{at}w3.nls.net, "John
Beamish" AT hotmail DOT com> wrote:
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>> I noticed that several of the Liberal Party HQ handpicked candidates
>> suffered similar fates
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>They certainly did.

Not at all surprising, given the circumstances. But that doesn't detract
from the Liberal victory given a lackluster candidate, the recent alleged
scandals and the poll predictions.  The Liberals did remarkably well
considering Martin headed the ticket. That was suppose to give Harper his
opening, but the voters dumped him anyway.

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